Quote:bi3mw: Have you ever tried to use a ( medieval ) corpus to generate text that has similar characteristics to the VMS using cryptographic methods?
Yes.
The sample I posted in René's thread about generating Voynichese was an attempt (a quick one) to create text using a repeatable, explainable system that resembles Voynichese as closely as possible (I think I could get a little closer if I took more time to polish it), and I'm fairly sure the sample I chose to encrypt was from a medieval text.
Here's the sample I posted. This was generated in about 15 minutes, but I could probably get closer to Voynichese if I took more time:
There is one thing in particular that I was not able to recreate in such a short time that gives away that it is not perfect Voynichese, but since it is natural language and it can be readily decrypted, perhaps it's good enough for the purposes of example.